Services Database Respiratory Service
Service ID
258999
Description
Six pharmacies in North East Essex are piloting a Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) project aimed at reducing demand on GPs and hospitals during the busy winter period. Funded through winter pressures money, the service pro-actively checks that patients with COPD are aware of what to do if they start an exacerbation (whether this is a formal written plan or not) and also checks that they have a rescue pack at home if this is part of the plan. If they haven’t, there is a Patient Group Direction element to supply this.
The service is different to other rescue pack schemes in that rescue packs are discussed and supplied to patients when they are well, rather than when they have started to exacerbate.
Location of service
Essex LPC
Commissioner
Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)
Method of commissioning
Source of funding
Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)
Service type
Respiratory
Other organisations involved
Dates
Start date:
End date:
Status
Ongoing
Training
Not known.
